Hi everyone. I'm rincey and i am one of the contributing editors over at book
riot and i am back with another new release tuesday video. Today i'm talking
about books that come out on tuesday, november 14. So the first book i want to
highlight is artemis by Andy Weir. Andy Weir is known for writing the fantastic
book the Martian that was eventually made into a movie starring Matt Damon.
This is his second novel. In this book you are following this young woman named
jazz. She lives on Artemis which is a city or territory on the moon. As you
would expect, living on the moon is mainly for people who are extremely rich
but jazz is definitely not. And so she lives on Artemis but she spends most of
her time basically like stealing and grifting to get by. And then suddenly she
gets an offer for what basically sounds like a giant heist. And it's an offer
that she basically can't refuse. So yeah, like I said, Andy Weir is best well known
for writing the Martian. If you like that book, you might like this one as well.
I've heard it has a similar sort of like humorous tone to it. And if you're
someone who likes audiobooks, Rosario Dawson is actually narrating the
audiobook for this one. So it might be worth as an audiobook as opposed to the
physical or ebook. But yeah, I know a lot of people have enjoyed this one and it
might be one that you might enjoy as well. And again that's Artemis by Andy Weir.
Next I have beasts of extraordinary circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang. In this
book you are following this character named Waylon Grey who was orphaned,
raised by wolves, and has a pet pig named Merlin. So he's always known that he was
not like anyone else. But then one day he is able to single-handedly stop a
tornado from entering and destroying this one a town in Oklahoma. So he starts
to realize that he is definitely way different from everyone else in town.
The tornado was just the first of many strange acts that seemed to follow
Wayland as he travels from town to town but he doesn't like to take credit for
any of the things that he's doing. And as amazing as these powers may appear they
seem to present themselves at really inopportune time and places. Waylen's unique
abilities are a curiosity at best and a danger to himself and the people around
him at worst. But then Waylon saves this young
girl named Mary when she was 11 years old and she decides that she's willing
to take the risk in order to be with Waylon. So the story is apparently told
from different perspectives. It follows this interesting character around. I've
heard really, really good things about this one I know that it's been on a lot
of people's to read lists for this fall. And again that's beasts of
extraordinary circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang. Next up I have a nonfiction book
called bunk by Kevin Young. And I'm going to read the subtitle really quickly. It''s
the rise of hoaxes, humbug, plagiarists, phonies, post-facts and fake news. So this
feels like an extremely timely non-fiction book. So in this book Kevin
Young explores a bunch of different hoaxes and like con artists throughout
history, from PT Barnum to Edgar Allen Poe to more modern examples. And bunk
sort of examines hoaxes as like this sort of uniquely American phenomenon
and kind of looks at what it takes to be able to pull the wool over people's eyes
and what makes certain people more gullible to hoaxes and these sort of
fake con artist type people. But Kevin Young also looks at all of these
different stories, especially modern stories, and looks at what it's like to
live in this sort of like "post fact" era and what being able to tell whatever
stories you want to tell without any real consequences has done to the way
that we deal with like stories and truth and art and whatnot. So again that's bunk
by Kevin Young. Next up I have future home of the living god by Louise Erdrich,
who is an extremely well known writer. She wrote LaRose which came out last
year as well as the round house which I believe was nominated for a
National Book Award. I don't remember if it won or not. In this story you are
following this young woman who is fighting for her own life as well
as the life of her unborn child after this sort of cataclysmic event takes place.
It seems like evolution is going backwards and women who are giving birth
are giving birth to infants who seem to be of a more like primitive form of
human beings. And so everyone in the United States is obviously extremely
like disturbed by all of this that is happening. But you are following this one
character named cedar who is similarly confused and
disturbed by all of it, but she's also four months pregnant. There are rumors
spreading around her of like martial law, of congress sort of rounding up all the
pregnant women and putting them into like some sort of compound. There's like a
registry created, there are rewards for bringing in pregnant women. And so cedar
is sort of faced with this very difficult situation where she's trying
to obviously fight for her own life and take care of herself
while seeing what is happening in the world around her and trying to protect
herself and her unborn child. This is being called a chilling dystopian book
that looks at a variety of topics including female agency,
self-determination, biology, and natural rights that all sort of speak into the
times that we are currently living in. And again that is the future home of
living god by Louise Erdrich. Next is the city of brass by S.A. Chakraborty. This is
a fantasy book that seems to be set in Middle Eastern world. You're following
this character named Nahri is a con woman but she has like never believed in
magic or anything along those lines. But she knows sort of like the trades in
order to get by and con people, things like palm readings, card readings,
mysterious gifts for healings, tricks that she uses in order to swindle people
during the Ottoman Empire. But then one day she suddenly summons Dhara who is
this darkly mysterious Djinn and she's forced to reconsider her beliefs. This is
a debut novel and it's being described as for fans of The Golem and the Jinni,
the grace of kings series, and uprooted, which I know was a very popular fantasy
book. If you're looking for a fantasy series to get into, especially one that's
not set in a western world, then this one sounds like a perfect one to pick up.
And again that's the city of brass. Next up I have a collection of essays and that's
they can't kill us until they kill us. These are actually essays written by
Hanif Abdurraqib. Hopefully i said that correctly. I apologize if I didn't.
And these are ones that have been published in places like the New York Times, MTV,
and pitchfork, as well as a couple of original unpublished essays. He talks
about a variety of topics including attending a Bruce Springsteen concert
the day after he visits Michael Brown's grave or discussing the way that people
love Carly Rae Jepson. He talks about his own experiences
with nightclubs after the nightclub attack in Paris and the way that the
next generation of Muslims will be treated and the opportunities that they
might not get. This is an essay collection again that I've been hearing
a lot of people talk about and it's definitely going to have a very unique
point of view. And again that's called they can't kill
us until they kill us. And the final book I'm going to highlight here today is the
wild book. This is a middle grade novel by Juan Vallero and it's translated by
Lawrence Chimel. Thirteen-year-old Juan's summer is off to a terrible start. First
his parents separate, then he sent off to his uncle Tito's house. And who wants to
live with a strange recluse with zigzag eyebrows who drinks 15 cups of smoky tea
a day and lives in the middle of a huge mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to this
new life that he's settling himself into for the summer, he realizes something odd.
The books are moving by themselves. He rushes to tell his uncle Tito who lets
his little nephew in on a secret: Juan is a principes reader which means
that the books respond to him and he's the only one who can find the elusive,
never found before, never before read book the wild book. But will Juan be able
to get to the book before the wicked story-stealing a pirate book does first?
So again, this is a middle-grade story. It's being described
as an unforgettable adventure story about books, libraries and the power of
reading. And again that's called the wild book. So yeah, those are all of the books
that I have to highlight today. Feel free to leave a comment down below letting me
know if you are planning on picking up any of these books or any other books
that are out today. Otherwise I will see you guys again next Tuesday with another
new release video. Bye.
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